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Making Plastic Out of Shrimp Shells

May. 6, 2014
Rare Goblin Shark Spotted

May. 6, 2014
Are We Ready for Contact With Extraterrestrial Life?

May. 6, 2014
High-Tech Pups to the Rescue

May. 5, 2014
Watch: Somersaulting Spider Flips Onto the Scene

May. 5, 2014
This Is NASA's New Space Suit

May. 5, 2014
Royal Children's Tomb Unearthed

May. 5, 2014
Captured: First Photos of Space's 'Dim Matter'

May. 1, 2014
What Do Babies See When They See a Photograph?

May. 1, 2014
Pigs Could Become Organ Donors

May. 1, 2014
Watch: Prehistoric Atlantis Struck by Tsunami

May. 1, 2014
This Week's Tornadoes Were Nothing Out of the Ordinary

May. 1, 2014
Why Barn Owls Divorce

Apr. 30, 2014
Watch: Why U.S. Apples Got Banned in Europe

Apr. 30, 2014
Females Beetles Want Lovers, Not Fighters

Apr. 30, 2014
How Disaster Changes the Brain

Apr. 29, 2014
Out of Ideas? A Walk Might Help

Apr. 29, 2014
Watch: What Killed Game of Thrones' King Joffrey?

Apr. 29, 2014
How to Keep Windmills From Shredding Birds

Apr. 28, 2014
Behold the Edible Water Bottle

Apr. 28, 2014
How Sloths Breathe Upside Down

Apr. 28, 2014
Salamander Fakes Youth

Apr. 25, 2014
Scientists Investigate Murder of a Medieval King

Apr. 25, 2014
Meet Kryptodrakon: The Oldest Pterodactyl

Apr. 25, 2014